Resolve relative dates in scheduling emails
Give phrases like tomorrow a reliable reference point before deciding what calendar action to take.
Trigger
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Action
Get current date and time
Gets the current date and time, allowing for a specific timezone offset.
Why this helps
Relative dates in email can be ambiguous when you process messages later or across time zones.
- Anchor relative wording to the current date and time.
- Reduce mistakes when emails say tomorrow or next week.
- Make relative-date interpretation explicit before a follow-on decision.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Agent mail and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis to create one in plain language.
- 3Ask Notis to get the current date and time in the relevant timezone when interpreting relative dates in a new email.
- 4Choose Agent mail's New Email Received trigger.
- 5Choose where run reports go and test with one email using relative timing.
Questions about this workflow
Does this create a calendar event?
No. This action returns the current date and time. A separate calendar action is needed to create or update an event.
Can the timezone be specified?
The action allows a specific timezone offset. If the email does not establish the relevant timezone, supply it in the instruction or review the result.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Agent mail to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Agent mail triggers
Google Calendar actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Delete Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Agent mail and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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